We have a new tote bag! The image on the bag (both sides are the same) is from Picasso' Garden, from the book Applique Outside the Lines. It's a good size for carrying quilting projects or to take shopping. Or traveling! It has a zippered closure. And it's made from recycled plastic bottles.

This cute bag can be yours for only $6.95 (plus shipping of course). I think you need one, don't you? Click here for more on this tote!

I found a link on Ami Simms' newsletter to a man who makes art from toast. I had to check it out.

Maurice Bennett is exploring the use of 'flame as paintbrush' in this series. Well, there you go. It sounds way too dangerous an enterprise for me, but he obviously is good with a torch. This one is called 'The World of Finance' and it can be yours! It's very quilt-like, don't you think?

Then the mail came and I got the new Anthropologie catalog. I love looking at this catalog. The clothes suit my DIL better than they do me, but I have found many items for my own home at Anthropoligie. AND both their store and catalog layouts are wonderful. They must have an army of designers whose only job it is to think up cool display ideas.

As I was flipping through the new catalog I noticed that there were a variety of shots mixing their stuff with food-stuffs. Very cute. Can you guess what one of the foods they used was? You guessed it… toast!

I often tell people that learning to machine quilt is a lot like learning to ride a bike. You have to train your muscles and get the hand-eye-foot coordination working. Add balance to the mix and learning to ride a bike is an amazing feat – one that my 7-year-old granddaughter has mastered!